Daniel Iversen - on loan to Preston

[moore_94]

Young goalkeeper Daniel Iversen has signed a loan deal with Preston North End until the end of the 2020/21 campaign, subject to Football League clearance.

 

- Danish goalkeeper Daniel Iversen moves to Preston on loan
- He spent the first half of the 2020/21 season in Belgium with OH Leuven
- The promising shot stopper signed a new deal with the Foxes to 2025 last year

 

The 23-year-old Dane joined OH Leuven on loan in August 2020 and made five appearances in Belgium’s top-flight before returning to the Foxes ahead of a move to Deepdale.

 

He played 38 times for Rotherham United in all competitions in 2019/20, keeping 10 clean sheets in Sky Bet League 1 as he helped the Millers to promotion to the second tier.

 

Internationally, he has represented Denmark from Under-16s to Under-21s level, and received his first call-up to the senior squad in 2019.

 

Alex Neil’s Preston side are next in action on Saturday when they travel to Wycombe Wanderers in the Emirates FA Cup.

 

 

Edited 7 January 2021 by moore_94

[Blue and white]

The right move but a shame this wasn't done in the Summer, half a season wasted.

[Out Foxed]

great move

[moore_94]

2 minutes ago, Blue and white said:

The right move but a shame this wasn't done in the Summer, half a season wasted.

I wouldn't say it was a waste to send him to Leuven in the initial instance, he was 1st choice and playing well, then got injured and was unlucky in the fact that his replacement Romo came in and was playing quite well

 

If he hadn't got injured I have no doubt he would likely still have remained the 1st choice for Leuven

[Tuna]

Thought they were signing Jakupovic?

[SemperEadem]

Good club PNE.

[Fox92]

14 minutes ago, Tuna said:

Thought they were signing Jakupovic?

Have they both gone?

 

Rudd is injured so maybe that's why, they just needed two more goalkeepers..?

 

Good move though and to a club who should be nearer the top end of the league.

Edited 7 January 2021 by Fox92

[Tuna]

3 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Have they both gone?

 

Rudd is injured so maybe that's why, they just needed two more goalkeepers..?

 

Good move though and to a club who should be nearer the top end of the league.

It's hard to keep up!

 

I'm assuming journo heard Preston were signing a Leicester keeper and assumed it was Jakupovic and that's how the story started.

[LCCFox96]

Good move for him, guaranteed Championship football with Rudd's injury and under a decent manager in McNeil. The move to Championship football is one I think most expected in the summer after his form with Rotherham, so good he's now got that opportunity. Excited to see how he progresses.

[fox_up_north]

Where are we, realistically, hoping for him to go with us? 
Back up? Rotation? First choice?

[sacreblueits442]

1 hour ago, Blue and white said:

The right move but a shame this wasn't done in the Summer, half a season wasted.

...no way to foresee the events which unfolded at OHL!!!

He was in the number one jersey until his injury, Romo's performances has confined him to the bench. He needs the minutes and the only way to give him that was to bring him back and arrange another loan.

[baldeagle]

7 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

Where are we, realistically, hoping for him to go with us? 
Back up? Rotation? First choice?

Hold on a second. 

[moore_94]

23 minutes ago, fox_up_north said:

Where are we, realistically, hoping for him to go with us? 
Back up? Rotation? First choice?

I feel until we are in the position of having to start looking at dropping Kasper and replacing him, he needs to keep going out on loans and getting regular game time

 

23 is still pretty young for a keeper and could still be another couple of years before we look for a new number 1 but hopefully by that time he will have enough regular football under his belt to throw his name into the ring for first choice

 

I think the 5 and a half year deal we gave him last year is probably the longest deal we have ever given to a non-first team player, so the club definitely seem to think he has the potential to be here a while

[fox_up_north]

Thanks. Never seen the lad play. Just know him as a name around the club. 

[Fox92]

1 hour ago, sacreblueits442 said:

...no way to foresee the events which unfolded at OHL!!!

He was in the number one jersey until his injury, Romo's performances has confined him to the bench. He needs the minutes and the only way to give him that was to bring him back and arrange another loan.

Championship is a better standard though which is probably the point.

 

With Rudd injured hopefully Iversen can become number one at Preston. He got good reviews at Rotherham.

[Miquel The Work Geordie]

That's a great move for him, keen to see how he does.

[Aus Fox]

55 minutes ago, Fox92 said:

Championship is a better standard though which is probably the point.

 

With Rudd injured hopefully Iversen can become number one at Preston. He got good reviews at Rotherham.

Is the Championship a better standard than the Belgian top flight?

Are Norwich a better team than Brugge? Are Brentford better than Anderlect? 
I don’t think it is a better standard at all.

[Fox92]

Just now, Aus Fox said:

Is the Championship a better standard than the Belgian top flight?

Are Norwich a better team than Brugge? Are Brentford better than Anderlect? 
I don’t think it is a better standard at all.

I don't know, because aside from the teams that get into Europe I don't watch Belgian sides, but I'd imagine overall the Championship is a tougher league to play in.

[KingsX]

21 minutes ago, Aus Fox said:

Is the Championship a better standard than the Belgian top flight?

Are Norwich a better team than Brugge? Are Brentford better than Anderlect? 
I don’t think it is a better standard at all.

 

A useful question in discussing our loan strategy -- so I checked the fivethirtyeight rankings.

 

The Belgian First has a handful of powers at (and Brugge arguably above) Championship level, then a sharp drop-off to OHL at #330 in the world.  (Already “best of the rest” … KP should patent the idea)

 

But there are fewer weak sides in the Champ, where nearly all of the clubs are ranked in the top 250.  It’s a stronger, more consistent league overall.

 

This obviously is not the last word on the subject, but a pretty reasonable take IMO.  I wonder if our Belgian posters would agree?

 

[CosbehFox]

4 hours ago, SemperEadem said:

Good club PNE.

Disagree personally, just signed an absolute horrid bloke in Ched Evans and the manager is an utter tool

[Sunbury Fox]

How reliable are those fivethirtyeight rankings? For example, is a famous club with a rich history, such as Anderlecht, really at the same level as Cardiff and Swansea??

[UniFox21]

If he kicks on here, surely a lower prem move would be ideal?

[Ric Flair]

If Iversen comes through after this loan move and is our 2nd choice goalie, will that make the £12.5m purchase of Danny Ward one of the worst bits of business we've ever done domestically? 

[Collymore]

39 minutes ago, Ric Flair said:

If Iversen comes through after this loan move and is our 2nd choice goalie, will that make the £12.5m purchase of Danny Ward one of the worst bits of business we've ever done domestically? 

Depends how you look at it. When they were buying Ward if they were told "worst case scenario - he might not play at all as you're going to have your current keeper as the future club captain who rarely gets injured and is immense"

 

they'd probably have settled for that... 

 

 

[UniFox21]

14 minutes ago, Collymore said:

Depends how you look at it. When they were buying Ward if they were told "worst case scenario - he might not play at all as you're going to have your current keeper as the future club captain who rarely gets injured and is immense"

 

they'd probably have settled for that... 

 

 

Exactly this for me, when we brought him in we had no clue if Kasper would stay fit or pick up a huge injury. I'd rather not be in a place where we're stuck with Ben Hamer or Mark Schwarzer in goal